Camera-stand



`.To all wl/om'z'zi may Concern:

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l. li. DOUG-IMSS, 0F CLEVELAND, Olli-O.

CAM ERA-STAN D.

Specilication forming part of Letters lfatent No. 42,279, dated April172, 1864.

Be it known that I, R. vll. ])OU(.LAS, ol' lleveland, in the county ot'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inCamera-Stands; and 1 do hereby declare that the following; is a i'ulland eomplete description oi' the construction and operation ofthe saine,refe: ence being;` had to lthe aeconi anine drawin s nlakiiw' wartI ofthis specification, in Which- Figure lis a side view. Figz is an endView, and Fig.- 3 vis adetaehed part.

Like letters denote like parts in the ditlerent views:

The frame or legs Whiehsupport the table and its attachments are shownat A A A", There are three in number, and are connected at the bottom bybars A and atthe top by the platform O.

The table uponI which the camera. is placed yin takin g the picture isshown at B and is hinged to theupper end ot' the standards 4F F',

which are united at the bottoni, and to' those shown at D G; Thestandard G is hinged at.

upon the outside of vthe platform O, and the standards D and G passthrough niortises in the platform O. The standard l) passes freelythrough a mortise in the Gross-bar H, and to which it is hinged at b.rlhe lever C is hinged to the arm E at a, and to the standard Dat n'.

The l'iinges that unite the several standards tothe table are shown atel.

In the standard D area seriesofholes. (Shown at J,Fig. 2.) Api1'1,K,Workingin guides upon the top of theplatforni O, is shoved intoeither of these holes, in order to secure the table at any desiredheight. The springL is for keep ine` the pin in place. A brace, M, oneend of which is secured to the end of the table-leaf and the other tothe upper end ofthe standard F' by means of a slot and thumb screw.,(show-n at 'N,) serves to secure the table at. any desired angle, asindicated by the dotted lines I I. By loosening' the thumb-screw N, thetable B can be set at any desired angle andthere secured,

and when thus' set can be elevated or depressed .by raisin g o rlowering the levert); and secured by shoving in the pin K. Either orboth. adjustments can. be made at the same time. These 'ariousmovementsare readily madeby theV operator while adjusting;` the foeusfof the l donot broadly claim the use ot a hinged.;

lever for adjusting,r the table, but contine my claim to sucharrangement of the lever as will give the table a Vertical and not anobliqne'ly upward and'doivnvvard motion.

Having' thus full y described my iuvjention,

what] elaim, and' desire to vsecure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is y I1.- 'lhe tablel3, standards F, F', D,end Gr, and

cross-bars"..ll, when hinged together, as and l for the purposespecified.

2. The use of the hinged lever C, for giving the table a verticalmotion, substantially as described.

X'Vitnesses: R. B. DOUGLAS. 'W. H. BURRinGn, l

I. HOLMES.

